2016.2.15 周三 晨讀 小屁孩日記11 double down p149-156
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1..I had my eye on the saxophone at first, because with that one?it's hard not to?look cool. 雙重否定 表示easy 很好的思維
2.But there are way too many buttons on that thing, and I knew I'd never get the hang of it.（to learn the skills that are needed to do sth 掌握 熟悉 詞組）
3.Mom suggested I take a look at the French horn （媽媽建議我看一下圓號，注意suggest的用法） ? ? suggest (that) i (should) take (原型) 不能用不定式
拓展：建議某人做某事怎么說？
不能說suggest somebody to do something，要改為suggest (that)+ (should) +動詞原型
【例】What do you suggest we do about it? 咱們對此該怎么辦，你有什么建議嗎？/Her uncle suggested that she (should) get (gets) a job in a bank. (錯誤：Her uncle suggested her to get...)她叔父建議她找一份銀行的工作。
如果是當堂提建議，則不要用should。【例】I suggest that you get a job in a bank.我建議你去找一份銀行的工作。
4.你沒系安全帶，被警察抓住了本來要罰。但是警察覺得你長的好看，覺得放你一馬。
造句：警察說：這次放你一馬（describe someone who has avoided trouble or punishment 你擺脫了危險 懲罰，一詞組），下次要系安全帶。
This time I let/got you off the hook(擺脫危險 懲罰).Next time,fasten your seatbelt.
hook 是鉤子 釣魚的時候魚脫鉤，意味著擺脫危險
5.But when dad saw the price tag he put the brakes on （slow or stop movement or activity 制止，詞組） the whole thing.?
拓展：急剎車怎么說？
slam/jam on the brakes 急剎車 brakes 一定是負數(shù)? slam 猛踩
He?slammed/jammed on the brakes[=he applied the brakes very quickly] to avoid hitting the other car.
6.Dad said we should rent instead of buy,because that would be a whole lot cheaper.
a whole lot 一般＋比較級
造句：我好多了。I'm a whole lot better.
7.Eventually,dad caved in.（＝give in，informal:to stop trying to resist or oppose sth 屈服妥協(xié)，詞組）
8.swipe credit card
造句：我能刷卡嗎？Do you take credit card? (Can I pay by credit card)
9.It was a pain in the neck (=any kind of annoyance or source of grief 苦事 惹人討厭的人或事,詞組) bringing my French horn to school today,because the case weighs almost as much as the instrument.
造句：每天早上5:30起床太難太苦了。It was a pain in the neck getting up at 5:30.
10.she's not wasting any energy lugging a heavy instrument around.(現(xiàn)在進行時更體現(xiàn)畫面感、狀態(tài))
造句：我不要再(浪費時間)等你了。I am not (wasting my time) waiting for you.
11. The great thing about the band is that there are no try-outs (=a test of someone's ability to do something that is used to see if he or she should join a team, perform in a play 試驗 選拔) or anything.
12.I wasn't thinking it all the way through when I picked my instrument.
拓展：think about 想一想 / over 再想一想/ through 反復想
13.I really wish he'd given me a heads-up （＝a message that tells or warns someone about something that is going to happen 善意警告）about it, because that information would've been nice to know.
感受一下生活大爆中的用到的heads-up
Amy: Hang on, please. Hello?kay. Oh, and just a heads-up, mm, since the last time you saw me naked, I got a Cookie Monster tattoo. The acceptable responses when you see it are awesome or nothing.
Oh, and just a heads-up, mm, since the last time you saw me naked, I got a Cookie Monster tattoo. The acceptable responses when you see it are awesome or nothing.
Heads up（抬起頭）. Pwofessor Wothman urinated in the particle physics wab again, so we’re going to move up his wetirement party.
14.But I figured I might as well give it a shot (=try ,go 嘗試一下).
15.I filled my cheeks with air just like he did, and I blew into the mouthpiece?（樂器吹口，也有發(fā)言人 喉舌的意思）ad hard as I could.?
造句：我為自己代言。I'm the mouthpiece.
16.放屁怎么說?
cut the cheese/ break wind /pass the gas
17.instrument除了樂器，還有什么意思？ ?手段
instrumental = helpful 有幫助的
18.retire是退休，retiring是什么意思？ shy 孤僻害羞
